Wakefield News

WAKEFIELD — The Holiday Stroll, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6, will still take place, rain or shine.

Events scheduled for outside will take place at locations to be determined.

The Dance Studios, scheduled to perform on the Beebe Library Plaza, will take place at the Civic Center starting at 4 p.m. if it is raining…

By BOB KATZEN

Beacon Hill Roll Call

BOSTON — The State Department of Revenue yesterday announced that sufficient economic growth under the terms of a 2002 law will result in a tax cut for millions of Bay State taxpayers beginning in 2015. The cut will come from a reduction in the income tax rate and…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Decorate your hats — or your umbrella if it rains on Saturday — and come on down to the Americal Civic Center on Main Street where the fun begins at Wakefield’s sixth annual Holiday Stroll.

The Civic Center will be a happening place Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. when festivities…

WAKEFIELD — A Spaulding Street man who helped defeat a proposed downtown parking garage last spring has filed suit against the town and its officials in the wake of actions — or inaction — taken at the Nov. 17 Town Meeting.

In a complaint filed in Middlesex Superior Court, Robert Mitchell said officials violated the…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — A 34-year-old woman from Saugus suffered minor injuries yesterday after striking a Verizon telephone pole on Water Street near Melvin Street while driving a 2000 Jeep, said police. On impact, the bottom portion of the pole was sliced off and the vehicle sustained heavy front end and under carriage damage…

WAKEFIELD — It’s officially a tradition. Again this year, Wakefield’s Holiday Stroll on Saturday, Dec. 6 will feature a Festival of Trees.

This event continues to grow. Last year, dozens of trees delighted more than a 1,000 visitors. This year’s event promises to be even larger. Register early.

The Boys and Girls Club is looking…

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By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD — The Lake Quannapowitt Committee continues to look for viable solutions to the blue-green algae problem that has plagued Lake Quannapowitt for years. Last night members discussed more possible ways to reduce or stop the inflow of phosphorus into the Lake, which is believed to be the major cause of the…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — The letters to the North Pole begin . . . “Dear Santa . . .”

But some good little boys…

WAKEFIELD — Mark this Friday evening on your calendars! Wakefield’s traditional lighting of the Christmas lights on the Veterans Memorial Common will take place Friday…

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Of all the jobs posted in Massachusetts in a three-month period, ending Thursday, Sept. 25, 32 percent were STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) positions.

In terms of salary, 49 percent of all jobs in occupations with median pay at $40,000 or more were STEM jobs and 60 percent of…

WAKEFIELD — Members of the community are invited to drop off non-perishable food items at the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry…